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Historical Event on 1/22/1989

Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
1/12/2000The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
1/17/1981Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
7/14/1923Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan).
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
5/31/1987Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India.